Italy Loses, England Qualifies For Euro 2024
JAKARTA - England performed a maximum defeat of Italy 3-1 in the Euro 2024 qualifying Group C match at Wembley Stadium, Wednesday, October 18 in the morning WIB. The victory that passed England to the final round of the football tournament was spread on the blue continent.
England showed their strength against one of Europe's elite teams. It was left behind first, but England were able to bounce back to turn things around in the big match that was held at home.
Yes, Gareth Southgate's team showed good performance when they hosted Italy, who previously beat Malta 4-0. But in front of England who fell at full strength, including Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford who supported Harry Kane, Gli Azzurri did not move at all.
Victory over Italy also made England follow in the footsteps of teams that have advanced smoothly to Germany. England, perched at the top of Group C, already has 16 points. A three-point lead from Ukraine, who rose to second place after beating Malta.
Meanwhile, Italy fell to third place with 10 points. Even though there are two more matches left, they can no longer catch England because they lost head-to-head.
England outperformed Italy 2-1 in the first duel. Furthermore, The Three Lions beat Italy in the second meeting at Wembley. Likewise, Ingris is ahead head-to-head with Ukraine.
Italy is also competing with Ukraine to compete for one more ticket. Ukraine itself is just finishing one game.
In that duel, England was a bit late in the heat. Italy first pressed with quite slick offensive play.
As a result, Italy took the lead when Gianluca Scamacca broke into Jordan Pickford's goal in the 15th minute. Scamacca successfully completed the assist from defender Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
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Only Italy's advantage did not last long. Especially after England found the form of the game and then pressed the opponent. The hosts also managed to equalize the score through Harry Kane who scored from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute
The penalty was given after Di Lorenzo dropped Bellingham. However, referee Clement Turpin briefly reviewed the incident before deciding on the penalty which was well executed by the Bayen Munich striker. The 1-1 score lasted until the end of the first half.
In the second half, England showed the best perfoma with offensive play. As a result, England took the lead in the 57th minute.
Goals were created through good cooperation between Rashford and Bellingham. Next, Rashford completed it by beating goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Winning 2-1 made England more aggressive. The 1966 world champion finally solidified his lead in the 77th minute. Kane scored a brace that put England 3-1 up. The score lasted until the end of the match.